Twelve Thousand Eyes

Verse 1

Twelve thousand eyes on a small town street

Lifted plates off a driveway wall

A chief calls it a force multiplier

Nobody asked who was watching it all

Pre-Chorus

They sold us safety

They sold us speed

Now every plate is a ledger

Every mile a deed

Chorus

Watching the watchers watching me

Watching the watchers watching me

Guards in the sky over parking lots

Watching the watchers watching me

Post-Chorus

Who's on the other end

Who's on the other end

Whose name gets typed in

Verse 2

An ex-partner tracked through a shield of glass

A city voted them out and in they came

The Navy ran searches through a local desk

No one in that building knew the name

Pre-Chorus

It grows faster than the rules

Faster than the ink

A broker sits beneath it all

Selling what we think

Chorus

Watching the watchers watching me

Watching the watchers watching me

Guards in the sky over parking lots

Watching the watchers watching me

Post-Chorus

Who's on the other end

Who's on the other end

Whose name gets typed in

Bridge

A child comes home

A chief sleeps fine

A camera spins

And a line divides

A line divides

Breakdown

Real good real harm

Real good real harm

Which one wins when nobody's watching

Chorus

Watching the watchers watching me

Watching the watchers watching me

Guards in the sky over parking lots

Watching the watchers watching me

Post-Chorus

Who's on the other end

Who's on the other end

Whose name gets typed in